It's highly doubtful Madonna ever had this problem when she was transporting her Chanel gun sandals via private jet, but as British socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson discovered, take the 90mm heels on a commercial plane, and it's game over.

Palmer-Tomkinson, a prolific user of social networking site Twitter, uploaded a picture of said shoes, from the French luxury label's resort 2009 collection, with the caption: "Was arrested ar Zurich airport with my Chanel killer heels in my luggage... not a good look on the x Ray!!"

Indulging in a back-and-forth with an @sharronstones (seemingly not the Basic Instinct actress, but somebody moonlighting as her), Palmer-Tomkinson explained how the event took place last year. She wrote: "Your not aloud2travel commercial with them.I flew out on private jet so it was coming back!!"

With the Swiss police seemingly not sharing the same appetite for high fashion as their French neighbours, T P-T did reveal how she "played backgammon with the cops 4 7hrs!!" while customs officials dealt with the fact that she was just merely transporting a pair of shoes which probably equalled their post-tax monthly salary.